Earning the third seed in the District 1-6A tournament gave Upper Dublin a first-round bye and a chance to regroup. Wednesday hosting No. 19 Penncrest in a second-round matchup, the freshmen pair of Clark and Bridget DiMartile helped the Cardinals secure a PIAA berth by cruising past the Lions for a 60-34 victory.
Earning the third seed in the District 1-6A tournament gave Upper Dublin a first-round bye and a chance to regroup. Wednesday hosting No. 19 Penncrest in a second-round matchup, the freshmen pair of Clark and Bridget DiMartile helped the Cardinals secure a PIAA berth by cruising past the Lions for a 60-34 victory.
PHILADELPHIA Morgan Funsten knew he was asking a lot out of his team. The Upper Dublin girls’ basketball coach had seen his team channel its emotions to win two games in less than 24 hours to reach Tuesday’s Suburban One League tournament title game against Neshaminy. Asking the Cardinals to do it one more time proved to be a bit beyond what UD had left, a stringent defensive effort from Neshaminy not doing much to help things either. Neshaminy’s second half defense led it past Upper Dublin 35-22 on the campus of Holy Family University and to its first […]
ABINGTON All season, Upper Dublin girls’ basketball coach Morgan Funsten has called his team a special group. It’s not solely for their production on the court either, although the Cardinals’ 18-1 record certainly doesn’t hurt matters. What Funsten sees as a special group could be heading toward special things as well with the regular […]